Tuesday, April 17, 2007

The US of A

Right..so does anybody think that there are some serious issues happening when a guy goes into a University and guns down 33 peeps and then shoots himself ???

Now theres 3 things I want to bring up here...

1.) In SA, altho this is not a regular occurrence, it does happen....but there are also reasons behind this....thats not to say that its right but I can understand what living in an opressive society must be like...and im not talking black/white here....just basically the vast differences in our social standings....on one side you have your incredibly rich and on the other you have your incredibly poor....If I was on the incredibly poor side I would also be pretty pissed off...maybe not to the point of actually wanting to kill somebody but then I see myself as a fairly balanced individual...anyways, im just pointing out that I can see where the problem arises...

2.) Now in America this is not the case...out of every country in the world, the US must be the most stable as far as the social standard of living is concerned...sure you get your poor and you get your rich but its not to the extent that you will see in other countries....so how does this happen ??? what drives a young educated man to go nuts and kill 33 ppl ??? thats a lot of ppl btw...its not just like pulling one trigger...you are watching many ppl die here, writhe in pain, take their last breaths, cry out, beg for mercy etc...surely there must be an off switch somewhere that says, "dude, dont do this"...

We are talking a serious desire to kill here..

So what is going wrong in the American culture that this is consistently happening to seemingly normal people... ??? oh wait, I forgot...Marilyn Manson mustve made him do it....obviously...

3.) Watch this become an absolute epic....not to say that I dont think that this was a bad thing but hello....how many innocent ppl are dying each day in Iraq ???

Once again the Americans will prove how paranoid their society can be and absolutely blow this out of proportion...

So where have I been ???

Ok its been like nearly 2 months since ive posted anything worthwhile but ive had my reasons...

1st up and most importantly...im single once again....yup, sadly the girl that my heart disereth the most was in a bit of a bad place....and sadly I couldnt help her out of it...i was a bit bitter at 1st but so goes life and we move forward...I only hope that she sorts herself out sooner or later...lifes to short to be sweating the small stuff...

Either way....im still quite sad...i really liked this one...a lot mor ethan any other girl ive met in the last few years....ce la vie...im sure fate has her reasons...

2nd...ive resigned from my company and im moving to a bigger, better and more established company...not only that but its 2.5kms from my house !!! whoop...life could not get any better as far as traffic is concerned...after 4 years of travelling an hour and a half to work and back each day, this is like heaven...man I can walk to work if the feeling gets me...I doubt it will but still...its nice to have that option :o)

I'll also be moving onto a bigger and faster machine...ProTools HD2 on an Apple G5...yeeha !!! now thats what im talking about

3rd....4 gigs coming up and all of them are really good ones....this weekend, 21st April with mtkidu and african noise foundation (check em out on myspace if you havent seen em already)...the 30th of April at Deconstruction @ Kippies (this ones gonna be pretty big)...another one on the 4th of May (my birthday :o) ) with Lark @ 88 and then another one towards the end of the month at the Horror Cafe'....whoa... we have been rehearsing quite a bit (which is suprising) so we should be good to go for all of them.. :o)

Anyways thats about it...havent seen my blogger friends in awhile :o/ they have all been away or i have been engaged...we all need to hook up again soon/ish/ed... :o)

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Blur - Don't Bomb When You're The Bomb

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhh

2 Days before our gig my laptop breaks down....and its dead, buried....no amount of work is going to get that puppy up and going again unless its a format....2 fucken days...

joy...I sometimes question why the fuck I even bother with all this...surely I would be happier just sitting on my fat ass watching TV than having to now bounce around JHB like a lunatic trying to get my laptop fixed.. :o/ 2 days !!!, I was working on the set on sunday, why not break down then ???? I'm just still trying to process the insanely stupid amounts of bad luck i've had before gigs...

last time....the software corrupted and we had to buy a new package....ah, R4500 we'll just quickly whip out.....3 days before the gig.... ??? wtf....can somebody please tell me why !!!

Add to that an insanely annoying person who wont shut the fuck up when she should..."oh fly*, Im sure it wont be a problem....it should only take us a few minutes to get up and running again ???" huh ??? ....what planet are you living on lady ??? and when was the last time you tried to set up a 45 minutes set running 11 tracks with 32 FX controllers ??? oh wait, never....so STFU....I dont need your insanely whiney ass, 24 and unemployed opinion right now....right now im just trying to deal with the fact that ive just lost a months worth of work....oh, and can someone tell me, why is it always the unemployed ppl that think they know better ???

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....plan of action...take laptop to HP and beg for them to get some stuff off the drive before we format....I would do it myself but its still under guarantee and if the problem is hardware related (which I suspect) then at least im covered....otherwise, its a late night for me tonight...

Devils Cartel live @ Tokyo Star, 24th Feb 2007

Monday, February 19, 2007

TEAC 15 Tascam Series Desk

Some pics on the new (actually very old) desk im purchasing :)

She is a TEAC 15 Tascam Series Desk...24 channel to 8 buss Analogue desk....it was initially designed to work with 1/2 inch tape tape and interesting, because most soundcards are 8in/8out these days, it will work now...(not that i've got it to yet...hehehe

Tbh I have spent very little time with it, it weighs around 200kgs, just the power supply must weigh about 10 :shock: ...and with me living on the 3rd floor, this has kinda kept it at my folks place for awhile...

Anyways...not to brag, but she is a beautiful desk and incredibly robust and well built...I just thought I would provide some eye candy :)

The channel in/outs which are more of a mystery to me than most women... :D

And this is the Buss in/outs....just if you thought having 5 in.outs on the input channels wasnt bad enough :P

Just makes you wanna start mixing now doesnt it....those pots and faders are still silky smooth after 28 years.....

Thats me... 8o) idiot I know...

And the last shot is the Aux B VU meter shot...the only 2 channels we have so far got to work !!! hehehe.....it all works btw, its just a user interface problem right now....i'm sure it'll come to me in a flash of light one day :P